It's ridiculous and painful to use the Arabic of an Iraqi poet who lived centuries ago to describe what we in Iraq… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
We used to watch executions. I mentioned that in one of my stories. There was a piece of open ground near the… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
All the children in the world, when they go to school, have the right to study in their mother tongue. But we… — Hassan Blasim Aliens Copy Share Image
“On more than one occasion I heard how life apparently advances, moves on, sets sail or, at worst, apparently crawls slowly forward.… — Hassan Blasim Change Copy Share Image
There's no violence worse than the violence of Iraq. For the last fifty years Iraq has been living a nightmare of violence… — Hassan Blasim Bloodshed Copy Share Image
When my stories were translated into other languages and received good reviews in the international press and won prizes, some Arab festivals… — Hassan Blasim Festivals Copy Share Image
“The pleasure I found in reading books was disconcerting...I felt anxious about every new piece of information. I would latch onto one… — Hassan Blasim Books Copy Share Image
